Applications Close 25 July 2025, Friday

About the Role

• Full-time Permanent (38 hours per week)
• Based in Sydney CBD
• Base salary + salary packaging benefits up to $18,550 (pay less tax) + 12% superannuation – Take home more pay

About the Role:

As an Assistant Development Manager at Uniting, you’ll support the delivery of meaningful property projects that serve and strengthen our communities. Working alongside experienced Development Managers, you’ll be involved in every stage of development, from early planning through to construction, helping ensure projects are well-managed, purposeful, and aligned with Uniting’s mission.

Your work will contribute to creating inclusive, high-quality spaces across aged care, retirement living, and community housing.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Work alongside Development Managers to support the delivery of property projects by managing key administrative, technical, and project-related activities.
• Schedule and coordinate meetings, prepare and circulate minutes, and track action items to ensure nothing slips through the cracks.
• Update and maintain vital project management data including timelines, budgets, schedules, and task lists.
• Process and track purchase orders and invoices, and ensure financial documentation is complete and accurate.
• Manage project documentation—receiving, filing, distributing, and creating key documents. You'll also handle consultant tenders and contract communications.
• Facilitate communication across teams and departments, ensuring everyone is on the same page and accountable for follow-ups.
• Help shape and streamline internal processes by developing templates, tools, and best-practice resources for the wider property development team.

Your Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of property investment, development, construction, architecture/design, property/project management or related technical experience
• Demonstrated skills, knowledge and experience in project coordination, administration and governance
• Previous experience in contributing to quality improvement and best practice
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills and effective relationship building skills with associated team members, colleagues and other internal and external stakeholders
• Computer literacy and competency in major software including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Adobe – experience with Aconex / Procore, EstateMaster are advantageous
• High levels of attention to detail, ability to prioritise and meet competing deadlines, strong analytical and organisational skills to deliver across multiple projects
• Skilled at navigating a complex organisation, forging relationships, effective communication and managing through influence
• A demonstrated passion for social change and contributing to an organisation of influence for the most disadvantaged

Even Better:

• Aged Care, Retirement Living experience preferred

What we offer:

• Maximum allowable up to $18,550 salary packaging available (visit https://accesspay.com.au/ for more information).
• $500 referral bonus can be generously rewarded for referring a friend who joins Uniting.
• Extensive opportunities for professional growth across Uniting.
• Affordable access to Fitness Passport— discounted gym memberships to support your best life.
• Corporate discounts and cash-back programs with major retailers
• A supportive and inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Ready to apply?

We’d love to hear what drew you to Uniting and this opportunity.

Please include a cover letter with your CV and apply through the job portals.

For any recruitment or confidential discussion about this vacancy, please email Sarah from Uniting’s Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected] for more information.

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, WWCC and Reference Checks.

Who is Uniting?
When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.